Mediterranean Europe Middle Ages Marcus Aurelius The empire

Mediterranean Europe Middle Ages

Marcus Aurelius The empire was getting too big

Reasons Why the Empire Collapsed Changes in government Republic to dictatorship Commodus 180 B. C. E. He ignored the recommendations of the senate (selfish man) New tribes (Germanic) invaded the Roman empire

By 395 CE, the empire split into a western and eastern half The Western Roman empire fell in 476 CE (German invaders) Huns, Visigoths, Vandals The Eastern Roman empire last 1000 years more

Constantine was the first Christian emperor

The Roman Empire Romulus Augustus was defeated by Germanic tribes (5 th Century). • Romulus Augustus v. Odoacer

Middle Ages (Medieval Period)

Middle Ages It is the time period that stretched roughly from the 5 th to the 15 th century. The term was coined to describe the era in between the time of ancient Rome and Renaissance.

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Vocabulary 1) Word 2) Translation 3) Definition 4) Symbol or drawing 5) My sentence Level 1 (2 sentences) A) Look for a sentence in a book or website and copy it B) Write a sentence in your own language using the target word

Knight(s) A soldier in the past who had a high social rank and who fought while riding a horse and usually wearing armor

Crusades Any one of the wars that European Christian countries fought against Muslims in Palestine in the 11 th, 12 th, and 13 th centuries

Monarchy A form of government in which a country is ruled by a monarch (such as a king or queen)

Feudalism A social system that existed in Europe during the Middle Ages in which people worked and fought for nobles who gave them protection and the use of land in return.